Former late-night host Craig Kilborn has slated his directorial debut, “The Life Golden,” starring Lauren German (“Lucifer”) and Tom Byrne (“The Crown”). Variety has learned exclusively.

In an official plot description, the film is said to be an “indie-style murder mystery” that follows Griffin Fairhurst Gates, aka The Golden Griff, “a reclusive and eccentric former television personality whose meticulously curated life in the Hollywood Hills is turned upside down by a shocking crime that shakes him out of his self-imposed isolation and into an unexpected mystery.”

Kilborn produces alongside Jacob Ryan Snovel (“Out of Exile”). The cast is completed by Kevin Pollak (“A Few Good Men”), Rainey Qualley (“Love in the Time of Corona”), Ryan Francis (“Hook”), Matthew Wolf (“The Quick and the Dead”) and Thomas Dekker (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”).

Kilborn’s foray behind the camera into film comes more than a decade after writing and executive producing “The Kilborn File” in 2010, and hosting “The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn” on CBS from 1999 to 2004. He most recently appeared in an episode of “United We Fall” in 2020.

“Griffin Gates is a unique voice with a rare combination of engaging self-absorption coupled with innate leadership skills. The Golden Griffin lives above the fray, steadfastly refusing to participate in society’s dysfunction… until he is forced to,” Kilborn said in a statement. “Bringing ‘The Life Golden’ to the big screen is incredibly satisfying. And remember, well-dressed and charming is the only way to live life.”

The film has been in development for years. It recently wrapped filming in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City and is currently in post-production, with a goal of release in 2027.